Instruction Manual

698 Automation
Automation Methods
Make sure the Automation Read button is enabled, play the project and
listen to the results. You can undo any step by using the Edit-Undo
command (Ctrl+Z) directly after that step. You can drag the nodes in any
direction you want. You can play back your project with or without the
automation data by clicking the Enable Automation Playback button in
the Automation toolbar.
Note: When you add a “gain” envelope to a track in SONAR, you increase
the track’s level post-effects, or after the effects processors. Some
hardware mixers call this level “volume,” because it is post-effects, but
other mixers refer to this as “gain.” Either way, SONAR’s gain envelopes
increase a track’s level after the effects processors in the signal chain.
When you add multiple envelopes to a track or bus, you can choose which
envelopes you want to display. See Showing or Hiding Envelopes.
You can also draw envelopes on MIDI tracks. See Creating and Editing
MIDI Envelopes.
See also:
Dotted Lines
The Envelope Editing and Node Editing Menus
Automated Muting
Using Control Groups
Deleting Envelopes
Snapshots
Recording Individual Fader or Knob Movements
Creating and Editing MIDI Envelopes
This method is only available in the Clips pane. You can also draw MIDI
controller data in the Piano Roll view, but the technique is different (see
Adding and Editing Controllers in the Piano Roll).
Note 1: MIDI envelopes you create in the Piano Roll Notes pane and MIDI
envelopes you create in the Track view Clips pane are actually separate
envelopes, even if they control the same parameter. Both kinds of
envelopes are visible in the Clips pane, and should generally not be used to
control the same parameter. You can convert Piano Roll view envelopes to
Track view envelopes by selecting the time range and tracks that the Piano
Roll envelopes occupy, and using the Edit-Convert MIDI To Shapes
command.